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Green Thumbs-Down
Don't gamble with your vote in 2004 |
Norman Soloman |
15 Oct 2003 |
Soapbox |
| Is Ralph ready to run? Photo: Nader 2000. Activists have plenty of good reasons to challenge the Democratic Party operatives who focus on election strategy while routinely betraying progressive ideals. Unfortunately, the national Green Party now shows appreciable signs of the reverse problem -- focusing on admirable ideals without plausible strategy. If Ralph Nader runs for president next year, as now appears qui ... |
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| Topics: political groups, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Last Scoundrels of Refuge
Republicans Push for Oil Drilling in the Arctic Refuge -- Again |
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22 Sep 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Last Scoundrels of Refuge Republicans Push for Oil Drilling in the Arctic Refuge -- Again It's the story that never dies: Republicans are once again plotting to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas drilling, this time by adding a provision to a major energy bill that is now being hammered out in a congressional conference committee. Most Democ ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, energy, mining and drilling, political groups, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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A Voice in the Wilderness
Grist Launches New Editorial Column |
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12 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, political groups, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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ACT Up
Can the new PAC on the block unseat Bush in '04? |
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12 Aug 2003 |
The Gist |
| With a substantial chunk of money but a minimum of fanfare, environmentalists, labor leaders, feminist organizations, and other left-leaning groups convened last week to launch Americans Coming Together, a new PAC dedicated to defeating President Bush in 2004. The name of the alliance is terrible going on tawdry, but the acronym is apt: If we want ACT's dream to become reality, then precisely what we must do is act -- or, more b ... |
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| Topics: political groups, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Field of Greens
The Green Party Plans to Field a Presidential Candidate in 2004 |
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06 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, political groups, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Field of Greens
Greens plan to field a presidential candidate in 2004 -- consequences be damned |
Norman Soloman |
06 Aug 2003 |
Soapbox |
| For the 2004 presidential race, the Green die is cast. "The Green Party emerged from a national meeting ... increasingly certain that it will run a presidential candidate in next year's election, all but settling a debate within the group over how it should approach the 2004 contest," the Washington Post reported on July 21. The Green Party promptly put out ... |
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| Topics: political groups, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Always a Bribe's Made
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12 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Always a Bribe's Made Apparently inspired by the 2000 Gore-Nader brouhaha, the head of New Mexico's GOP tried to bribe Green Party leaders to field candidates in upcoming elections in order to drain votes away from Democrats. The state's Republican Party chair, John Dendahl, spoke with Green leaders about the possibility of making a six-figure contribution to their part ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, political groups, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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